Usability engineering

Nielsen J. Usability engineering. 1993, San Diego Academic Press. 

The analysis viscoelasticity performed by David Roylance [25] is a nice outline about the mechanical response of polymer materials. This author consider that viscoelastic response is often used as a probe in polymer science, since it is sensitive to the material s chemistry and microstructure [25], While not all polymers are viscoelastic to any practical extent, even fewer are linearly viscoelastic [24,25], this theory provide a usable engineering approximation for many applications in polymer and composites engineering. Even in instances requiring more elaborate treatments, the linear viscoelastic theory is a useful starting point. 

Parts 10 to 17 deal with usability engineering aspects of software, also... 

In this section, several suitable techniques for usability engineering have been presented and selected according to the development status of the particular software. 

Foltz, C., Schneider, N., Kausch, B., Wolf, M., Schlick, C., Luczak, H. Usability Engineering. This volume (2008)... 

NAMUR - Interessengemeinschaft Prozessleittechnik der chemischen und pharmazeutischen Industrie NA 35 Abwicklung von PLT-Projekten (2003) Nielsen, J. Usability Engineering. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco (1993) Niles, L, Pease, A. Towards a standard upper ontology. In Welty, C., Smith, B. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2 International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS-2001) (2001)... 

Mayhew, D. J. (1999), The Usability Engineering Lifecycle A Practitioner s Handbook for User Interface Design, Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco. 

Nielsen, J. (1993), Usability Engineering, Academic Press Professional, Boston. 

ISO 62366 2007 Medical devices - Application of usability engineering to medical devices [12] is a design and development standard which is harmonised with medical device compliance requirements in many territories. It is closely aligned to risk management standard ISO 14971 2012, essentially ISO 62366 explores in greater depth those hazards which arise from a product s usabifity characteristics. Whilst intended as a standard to support the manufacture of medical devices it contains a useful framework that could be utilised by manufacturers of general HIT products where the user interface is associated with a number of important safety related hazards. 

The output of the usability activities form the usability engineering file and the standard suggests that this forms part of the wider risk management file. The material is typically subject to audit by the Notified Body certifying the medical device. 

International Organization for Standardization. lEC 62366 2007. Medictil devices - application of usability engineering to medical devices. 2007. 

North B. The growing role of human factors and usability engineering for medical devices. What s required in the new regulatory landscape. 

The most prolific set of usability heuristics in common use are those described by Nielsen in his 1994 publication Usability Engineering [6]. These have been successfully adapted and applied to amongst other things the evaluation of medical devices [7]. Heuristics have also been developed for use specifically with Electronic Health Records [8]. 

Hix, D., and Gabbard, J. (2002). Usability Engineering of Virtual Environments. In K. M. Stanney (Ed) Handbook of Virtual Environments Design, Implementation, and Applications, (pp. 681-699). Mahwah, New Jersey Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. 

The application of human factors principles to the design of devices and systems. It is often interchanged with the terms human engineering, usability engineering, or ergonomics. HFE typically focuses on the device-user interface (also called the UI or the man-machine interface). The user interface includes all components and accessories necessary to operate and properly maintain the device, including the controls, displays, software, logic of operation, labels, and instructions. 

Wiklund, M. E., Medical Device and Equipment Design Usability Engineering and Ergonomics, Interpharm Press, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, 1995. 

Conflicts easily arise within cross-functional CE teams because of different interpretations leading to confusion and lack of understanding. Each team member focuses on different aspects, like marketing on usability, engineering on functionality, production on manufacturability, and purchasing on affordability [7]. In such situations, communication needs to be predominantly personal and involve face-to-face contact. 

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Nielsen J (1993) Usability engineering. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco... 

Using the perturbation theory proposed by Larsen et al. Karakatsani and Economou have extended the PC-SAFT equation to account for dipole-dipole, dipole-quadrupole, quadrupole-quadrupole and dipole-induced dipole interactions. The exact second- and third-order perturbation terms in the work of Larsen are however rather complex and so a simplified version of the two terms was also proposed based on the work of Nezbeda and co-workers. While simplifying the equation, in an effort to generate a more usable, engineering-type, approach, the simplification of the dipolar term in the model introduces an additional pure-component model parameter. We refer to these as the PC-SAFT-KE and truncated PC-SAFT-KE (denoted PC-PSAFT and tPC-PSAFT by the authors respectively) approaches. In both KE approaches, the multipoles are assumed to be uniformly distributed over all segments in the molecule. The truncated and full PC-SAFT-KE approaches have been applied to study a wide range of polar fluids and their mixtures, " with the truncated equation found to be as accurate as the full PC-SAFT-KE model, and the inclusion of polar interactions found to improve the theoretical predictions in most cases. ... 

Nielsen J. (2003). Usabihty henristics. In Usability Engineering. San Diego Academic press. Pp 115-63. 

FIGURE 15.1 Framework for acceptability. (Adapted from Nielsen, J. 1993. Usability Engineering. London Academic Press Limited.)... 

Nielsen, J. 1993. Usability Engineering. London Academic Press Limited. 

Nielsen, J. 1994. Usability Engineering. Morgan ICaufmann, San Francisco. 

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